Ripley News

CHAUTAUQUA Four candidates battled it out for two seats in the town of Chautauqua.

Editor's Note: The following is a letter to Congressman Brian Higgins, D-South Buffalo, from Ripley resident Roger Testrake.

The temperature continues to drop - as well as the leaves - and snowfall most likely will soon be here on a regular basis.

The Ripley Community & Heritage Fund is accepting grant applications. Organizations eligible to apply are charitable, not-for-profit organizations that serve the Ripley community.

By S. ALEXANDER GEROULD Special to the OBSERVER RIPLEY - " On a typical Monday, Wednesday or Friday, several Ripley Central School students travel to the University of New York at Fredonia or Mercyhurst College in Erie to take college courses as part of the school's 3-1-3 program.

RIPLEY?- The Ripley Pride Committee sponsored the first Harvest Fest. The festivities included food, fun and prizes for the best costumes, the best carved pumpkins and the apple eating contest.

Plantrol Systems, Ltd., a custom software manufacturer in Westfield, has been awarded the Southern Tier of New York Incumbent Worker Training Grant.

Chautauqua County sheriff's deputies report three drunken driving arrests in separate incidents Saturday night and Sunday morning.

County residents will have a number of decisions to make on Tuesday, November 3. In Westfield, Republican-endorsed incumbent Martha Bills will face-off against former Village of Westfield Mayor Ron Catalano.

Westfield resident Doug Richmond is seeking re-election to the Chautauqua County Legislature.

MAYVILLE Students and eligible staff at Ripley Central School received their H1N1 "swine flu" vaccination Monday in the county's first school-located clinic.

In a random draw, the Chautauqua County Health Department chose the Ripley School District to have the first H1N1 clinic among schools.

A Ripley man faces a charge of criminal mischief after he allegedly drove onto a softball field in Sherman and purposely damaged it, Chautauqua County sheriff's officials reported.

The Westfield Firemen's Exempt Hall on Bourne Street will be the site Sunday of a fund raiser for the Silver Creek Fire Department and its emergency squad.

James Caflisch has announced his candidacy for re-election to a ninth term on the Chautauqua County Legislature representing District 21, which includes the Towns of Clymer, French Creek, Mina and Ripley.

Ron Vahl, Town of Mina resident and former Town Council member, has announced his candidacy for District 21 County Legislator to represent the people of the towns of Clymer, French Creek, Mina and Ripley.

Chautauqua County sheriff's deputies arrested two men on drunken driving charges late Saturday.

OBSERVER Staff Report WESTFIELD - In the village's fire department, there are around 45 volunteers.

The Chautauqua County Sheriff's Department has made arrests following two separate strings of burglaries that spanned from the north to the south ends of the county.

Jo Ann Osterfeldt Davis Thompson Sanford, 60, of Ripley, NY, entered into eternal rest Sept.